On Sept. 12th. Yahoo! opened it's doors to over 300 hackers and gave them access to it's existing API's and some previews of new Y! Open Strategy technologies.

The "hackumentary" follows hackers throughout the Open Hack Day at Yahoo!. We chronicle the entire event and it's attendees as they race to hack on Yahoo's API's for the ultimate hack challenge, all in less than 24hrs.

The hackumentary will be shown in full HD, so keep checking back for details on the release.Download in HD!

We were sent this video by some developers who were invited to Open Hack Day, meet Gavin, Andrei and Harish. They made a video chronicling their first Open Hack Day experience. Watch their video here:

Gavin Bong Chun Jin is a 38-year old Malaysian software consultant that resides in Petaling Jaya, a Malaysian city at the edge of the countrys capital, Kuala Lumpur. This graduate from Australias Monash University is currently employed at Jayway Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a software consulting firm.

Andrei Marinduque Navarro hails from the Philippines where he is currently residing at Antipolo City. This 23-year old senior technology developer/software engineer graduated from Ateneo de Manila University. Since then, he has worked in several other Philippines-based technology companies such as FBM Software/Wablet, Expitrans Phil Inc and Halo Nine software.

Harish Venkata Mallipeddi is a 22-year old software engineer from Singapore. This National University of Singapore graduate is currently

From the opening band to the enthusiastic prize-giving, Taiwan Open Hack Day 2008 was full of energy. The hacking began even before the opening ceremony was underway, and co-founder David Filo and Rose Tsou, Managing Director of our Asia Region, kicked off the event by throwing a big yellow ball into the audience. Watch the highlights here:

Held in the Taipei Youth Recreation Center on September 20 -21, 41 teams participated to create a total of 180 hacks.